Comparing 9F (NASDAQ:JFU) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR)

9F (NASDAQ:JFU – Get Your Free Report ) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR – Get Your Free Report ) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We’ll compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Earnings and Rating

This table compares the gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation of 9F and Burford Capital.

Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than 9F.

return

This table compares 9F and Burford Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Volatility and risk

9F has a beta of 0.4, meaning its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.54, meaning its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for 9F and Burford Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.

Burford Capital has a consensus target price of $20.17, indicating a potential upside of 52.55%. Given Burford Capital’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than 9F.

Summary

Burford Capital beats 9F on 9 of the 9 factors comparing the two stocks.

About 9F

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9F Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an Internet securities services platform in the People’s Republic of China. The company operates through three segments: technology enablement services, e-commerce business and wealth management. Its products include digital financial accounts that offer online lending services, wealth management and payment facilitation; revolving and non-revolving loan products for borrowers, as well as traffic referral services to financial institution partners; and a suite of online wealth management products such as fixed income products, stocks, insurance, banking wealth management products and mutual funds for investors in various platforms, including Wukong Licai, 9F Wallet and 9F Puhui. The Company also provides payment facilitation and other products and services that help users pay their credit card bills and household bills including utility bills; and other value-added services consisting of credit history search, debt consolidation and user referral services. In addition, it provides technology enablement services to the banking, automotive, securities investment and insurance industries; and engages in e-commerce business, which offers various categories of goods, including 3C products, beauty and skin care products, food, home appliances and alcoholic beverages. It offers its services to borrowers, investors and partners of financial institutions. The company was formerly known as JIUFU Financial Technology Service Limited and changed its name to 9F Inc. in June 2014. 9F Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

About Burford Capital

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Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Capital Provision and Asset Management and Other Provision. The capital provision segment provides capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters directly and through investments in private funds; Legal risk management services; low-risk legal finance business, focusing on pre-settlement litigation matters with lower risk and lower expected returns; post-settlement financing; and complex strategies where they act as principal and purchase assets that are mispriced. The Asset Management and Other Services segment provides services to the legal industry, including litigation insurance. Burford Capital Limited was established in 2009 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.

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